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Euro Metallers Serious Black return once more with their 7th studio album in 9 years of recording, the second of which to feature Nicola Mijić on vocals. A band who have had plenty of ups and downs in terms of… Continue Reading →
Bangalore, India is not the first place one naturally associates with heavy metal. However, since 1998, four local lads formed a band forged in the most classic tradition of the genre. Kryptos have since garnered global attention and indeed travelled… Continue Reading →
Y’see, now I just feel stupid. There I was, blathering on and on back in 2020 about how Nightmare’s new vocalist was a new beginning for the band, that she was such a great find and with her in the… Continue Reading →
Firmly claiming the term ‘stalwarts’ (and maybe even nudging towards ‘veterans’) of Symphonic Power Metal, Rhapsody Of Fire are a name familiar to so many. As they should be, almost thirty years since that ground-breaking fantastical debut “Legendary Tales” helped… Continue Reading →
After 2 impressive albums (plus a re-recording of their debut) and over ten years in existence, vocalist Nicoletta Rosellini (also recently known for her work in triple-vocal band The Erinyes) along with former bandmates Paolo Campitelli (guitars) and Dario Gozzi… Continue Reading →
Four albums in and Swedish Metal band Metalite are in a confident enough place to release their first concept album. A futuristic Sci-fi adventure, the band are keen to point out that it incorporates all the musical elements the band… Continue Reading →
There’s no stopping Hungarian groove thrashers Ektomorf even if Covid left founding member Zoltàn Farkas full of “pain, hate, anger and disappointment at ungrateful people.” What else was he going to do but turn it all into an angry album?… Continue Reading →
It seems like just last year that there was an Iron Savior album released…and it was, but that was re-recorded versions of some of their older tracks whereas this is a shiny new offering, the first since “Skycrest” in 2020…which… Continue Reading →
After four more than solid Power Metal albums, Germany’s Winterstorm have finally attracted the attention of a label worthy of their talents. In their new home at AFM the band are sounding more concise, more mature, more diverse and more… Continue Reading →
I still think of Swedish Metallers Bloodbound as a relatively new band, quite wrongly as this is their tenth album since their debut emerged back in 2005. So, no, not a new band at all, but the band did have… Continue Reading →
Maybe it’s only with hindsight that you begin to understand how a band was always on the right path, but certain things needed to fall into place for them to realise their full potential. Take Danish Progressive Power Metal Pyramaze… Continue Reading →
Part One of Elvenking’s Reader Of The Runes Trilogy emerged in 2019, with the knowing stride and confident swagger of a Metal band who are happy with who they are and where they’re going. You’ve got to be confident in… Continue Reading →